‘A Thousand Suns’We were not making an album. For months, we’d been destroying and rebuilding our band. The experiments that resulted filled the studio hard drive with diverse, abstract sounds. Amorphous echoes, cacophonous samples, and handmade staccato merged into wandering, elusive melody. Each track felt like a hallucination. We didn’t know if any of those unorthodox ideas could …
One of the most successful acts in rock history, Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold more than 60 million albums, including five multi-platinum LPs, and won six Grammy Awards, including “Best Rock Album” for Stadium Arcadium, “Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group” for “Dani California,” “Best Rock Song” for “Scar Tissue,” and “Best Hard Rock Performance …
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ first Warner Bros. Greatest Hits album spans almost 15 years of rock greatness. Featuring all of the band’s bestloved recordings, Greatest Hits includes “Under The Bridge” (#2 pop and gold), the Top 10 “Scar Tissue,” six class …
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones return with a remarkable anthology of their live performances. Recorded over a four-year period, “Live Art” features seven nerver-before-recorded Flecktone tunes as well as several vocal tracks, radically reworked versions of material from the group’s back catalog, spellbinding on-the-spot improvisations and an array of extraordinary guest stars, including Chick Corea, Bruce Hornsby and …
180-gram double vinyl LP. There’s so much going on with this record. So much. You’d have thought that once Jack White left Detroit for Nashville, where he married, had a daughter and formed the Raconteurs-and Meg herself moved to L.A.-that it would’ve meant the end of The Stripes. Or, at least, as we know them. This album allays …
Following seven years of near solid touring, Muse escalated from being the biggest band in Teignmouth in 1997 to one of the biggest bands in Europe by 2004. With each successive album, they pushed the musical envelope with a fusion of progressive rock, electronica, and Radiohead-influenced experimentation, creating an emotive, passionate sound. Muse’s reputation as one of the …
Befitting the film’s hip goth vibe, its accompanying soundtrack is suitably dark and sexy, with a strong mix of new songs and nü-metal hits. In an interesting move, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis collaborated with composer (and former Oingo Boingo keyboardist) Richard Gibbs on 5 of the CD’s 14 tracks, though Davis doesn’t sing his songs. Instead, taking those …
2012 album from the best selling Alt-Rock band. From day one, Linkin Park built the band upon the premise of fusing all of their favorite styles of music-as disparate as they might be-into one signature sound. Fast-forward 12 years to Living Things and the same six players have not only developed new tools to make that philosophy a …
The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
The latest album from highly acclamined musician Bela Fleck is the first of its kind from a major label – a bluegrass album for the masses. The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Volume 2 brings together not only the greatest acoustic players on the planet but three generations of bluegrass greats, including the first one, represented …
Reigning ACM and CMA Male Vocalist of the year, Blake Shelton presents his first Christmas album, Cheers It’s Christmas on Warner Bros. Records. The album will feature several duet performances including fellow The Voice advisor Michael Buble, long-time friend Reba, and a very special duet with his mother, Dorothy Shackleford. The album includes classic Christmas songs that have …